Conference Independent Head coach Walter Camp (3rd year) | 1890 record 13–1 | |
The 1890 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1890 college football season. The Bulldogs finished with a 13–1 record under third-year head coach Walter Camp, who became known as the "Father of American Football". The 1890 team recorded 12 shutouts and outscored its opponents by a combined score of 486 to 18. Its only loss was to rival Harvard by a 12–6 score.
Three Yale players (halfback Thomas McClung, guard Pudge Heffelfinger, and tackle William Rhodes) were consensus picks for the 1890 College Football All-America Team. All three have also been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame
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